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  • 10 Mar
    by Global Ministries

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    Renovating Mattru Hospital

    Much progress has been made in renovating Mattru Hospital in Sierra Leone. After attending a meeting of the Mattru Hospital Medical Board, the United Nations representative was so impressed that she went back to Freetown and wrote a check for the balance of the renovations.
    Some of the work that has been done:

    The maternity ward has [...]

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  • 10 Mar
    by Global Ministries

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    Kline Family Back in the States

    David and Melissa Kline and children arrived back in the States after the long flight from Macau. They stopped in the Healthy Ministry Resources office briefly yesterday.
    They’ll spend a week in Huntington, then head to Florida for a couple weeks of vacation. After that, they’ll be visiting a number of supporting churches and doing other [...]

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  • 10 Mar
    by Global Ministries

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    Jeff Bleijerveld in Jamaica

    Jeff Bleijerveld, Director of Global Ministries, is currently attending Jamaica National Conference. He will speak during the Thursday night service on March 11. He’ll fly back to the States on Monday, March 15.

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  • 10 Mar
    by Global Ministries

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    7 Beautiful Family Children Need Sponsors

    About 135 children in India are being sponsored through the Beautiful Family ministry. These are children whose parents (or they themselves) have leprosy or whose parents are HIV positive (or have died from AIDS). The sponsors include United Brethren individuals, churches, WMF groups, and Sunday school classes.
    Global Ministries has information about seven more children who [...]

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  • 5 Mar
    by Global Ministries

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    The Klines Returning on Furlough

    David and Melissa Kline, UB staff in Macau, are returning to the States this weekend. They’ll be on furlough through July.

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  • 5 Mar
    by Global Ministries

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    Update from Roger and Marilyn Reeck

    We received a newsletter from Roger and Marilyn Reeck, endorsed missionaries with Wycliffe serving in Honduras, on March 2. Some excerpts:
    It is now more than three months since Roger fell and severed his quadriceps tendon (above the knee). For him, these have been very difficult times as the pain has been quite intense. This has [...]

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  • 4 Mar
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    Four UB Women, 8 Days in Jamaica

    Four women from Bethel UB (Elmore, Ohio) traveled to Jamaica February 16-23 to work at the Craighead United Brethren church: Melissa Blausey (over a dozen previous visits), Vicki Kreinbihl (her first trip), Paula Shaffer (3rd trip), and Betty Brown (6th trip). They worked with a Bible School in the church and built relationships in the [...]

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  • 4 Mar
    by Jeff Bleijerveld

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    $120,000 Donated for Haiti Relief So Far

    Update on relief work in Haiti, and how the $120,000 contributed by UBs has been allocated.

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  • 4 Mar
    by Jeff Bleijerveld

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    Prayer Needed for Rev. Oliam Richard

    Joan Sider, from the UB church in Toronto, keeps in close contact with Rev. Oliam Richard, our superintendent in Haiti. Our Canadian conference provides primary oversight of the work in Haiti, and Joan has been involved with Haiti for many years. She’s also a member of the conference Global Outreach Leadership Team.
    Joan sent a note [...]

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  • 2 Mar
    by Global Ministries

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    On Walking on Water and Second Baptisms

    Billy Simbo, bishop of Sierra Leone Conference, has a little fun.

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